[NJARC] Selenium Rectifier replacement

[Raymond F Chase]

The predominant failure modes for silicon diodes are: 1. Overheating the
junction by gross current overloads and 2: Exceeding the peak inverse
voltage (PIV) rating.  Silicon diodes with 10 times the expected current
rating and several times the PIV cost pennies so they will be the last to
fail.
Ray

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From: NJARC [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Sica
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 4:03 PM
To: Jim Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>; njarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Selenium Rectifier replacement

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